Abstract
In South America, strained and underfunded health systems, deep social inequalities and increasing poverty, slow vaccination rates and increased spread of new variants are leading to a surge of COVID-19 related deaths [1]. South America has only 5% of the world's population, but currently accounts for almost a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths. The steep rise of highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 covariants, “COVID-19 fatigue”, crowded neighborhoods, suboptimal vaccine coverage and relaxed social distancing restrictions have sparked new waves of SARS-CoV-2 in most South American countries [2].
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